Lewis County Sirens.com

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CENTRALIA HOUSE FIRE

• The cause of a Centralia house fire that displaced its occupants about 5 o’clock this morning is under investigation. Nobody was hurt but it left smoke damage throughout the residence and heavy fire damage in the laundry room, according to Riverside Fire Authority. Crews called to the 1400 block of West Main Street arrived to find the residents outside and were able to contain the blaze to the laundry room, according to Capt. Casey McCarthy. Representatives from the American Red Cross are providing assistance, McCarthy indicated.

BREAK-IN CHEHALIS

• A woman returning to her rural Chehalis home last night apparently interrupted a burglar. She found a rear door open and summoned neighbors who went inside with her at the 100 block of Whitney Boulevard, according to the Lewis County Sheriff’s Office. As they entered, they heard footsteps and an upstairs sliding door open, according to the sheriff’s office. A deputy dispatched at about 6:50 p.m. learned that two pieces of jewelry were missing from the bathroom, Chief Deputy Dusty Breen said.

BREAK-IN CENTRALIA

• An officer was called to a residential burglary at the 900 block of Ham Hill Road in Centralia at about 11:25 a.m. yesterday in which jewelry was stolen.

PARCEL MISSING

• Police were called to the 1200 block of North Washington Avenue in Centralia just before 3 p.m. yesterday on a report of the theft of a delivered package from a front porch.

AUTO THEFT

• Centralia police located a stolen vehicle abandoned in a residential neighborhood yesterday. The case is associated with an address on the 1100 block of K Street, according to the Centralia Police Department.The vehicle was returned to its owner, according to police

CAR PROWL

• Chehalis police were called about 2:20 p.m. yesterday following the discovery at the 600 block of Northwest Middle Street that someone had attempted to pry open the trunk of a car there.

• Centralia police were called to the 1600 block of Military Road about 9:15 a.m. yesterday for a report of the theft of a purse from a vehicle. Credit cards were stolen, and then used in local retail businesses, according to the Centralia Police Department. The case is under investigation.

• Police were called just after 9 p.m. yesterday to the 3200 block of Galvin Road where someone had tamped with the storage door on a travel trailer.

DRUGS

• A 33-year-old Chehalis man was arrested for possession of heroin and outstanding warrants after police were called about suspected shoplifting at the 1100 block of South Market Boulevard in Chehalis at about 7:30 p.m. yesterday. Derek S. Shaughnessy  was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

ALTERNATIVE LIVING

• Police were called about 12:25 p.m. yesterday to the 2400 block of Borst Avenue following the discovery a shed had been broken into and a sleeping bag left behind. It appeared someone had slept there, according to the Centralia Police Department.

VANDALISM

• Centralia police were called yesterday afternoon for two incidents of graffiti spray painted on to buildings. The first was at the 100 block of Harrison Avenue and the second on the 600 block of West Main Street, according to the Centralia Police Department.

ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• A motorist stopped for a traffic infraction about 11:50 a.m. yesterday in Centralia reportedly ran away but was subsequently detained and then arrested for an outstanding warrant, driving with a suspended license and obstructing a public servant. It happened at the 2400 block of West Reynolds Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department. Guy A. McAllister, 38, of Chehalis, was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to police.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, shoplifting, probation violation, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence,  failure to transfer title; responses for alarm, dispute, civil issue, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street … and more among 141 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

Updated at 5 p.m.

RETAIL EMPLOYEE BOOKED FOR THEFT

• An 18-year-old Rochester resident was arrested yesterday for allegedly stealing merchandise from her Centralia employer. Police called just before 9 p.m. to the 100 block of West High Street arrested Esmeralda Sanchez Carpio, according to the Centralia Police Department. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail for second-degree theft and organized retail theft, according to police.

MISSING LICENSE PLATE

• Centralia police were called about 8:50 a.m. yesterday to the 1300 block of Belmont Avenue where an individual reported the theft of their  license plate from off of their vehicle. The Washington plate reads ABS 3311, according to the Centralia Police Department.

COUNTERFEIT CASH

• Centralia police took reports from two businesses yesterday about receiving counterfeit $100 bills the day before. One was at the 600 block of North Tower Avenue and the other at the 800 block of North Tower Avenue, according to the Centralia Police Department.

DRUGS

• A 41-year-old Pe Ell man was arrested yesterday for possession of methamphetamine after being contacted by police at the 1100 block of state Route 6 about 3:20 p.m. yesterday in what was initially and erroneously believed to be a stolen vehicle, according to the Centralia Police Department. Officers later learned the vehicle Shane Pedersen was driving had previously been stolen and then recovered, but not removed from law enforcement’s system as stolen, according to police. Pedersen was booked into the Lewis County Jail.

HOUSE FIRE TOLEDO

• Members of four fie departments responded to a residential structure fire around 11 a.m. yesterday at the 5500 block of Jackson Highway, according to Lewis County 911 Communications. Further details were not readily available.

SEXUAL ASSAULT CASE

• A 23-year-old Centralia resident was arrested and brought before a judge yesterday in Lewis County Superior Court, charged with second-degree rape following an investigation that began in April when a 16-year-old girl reported he forced himself on her a few nights earlier when she and a friend met two guys at Schaeffer Park outside Centralia. When Juvencio E. Ayala Rodriguez was contacted by a deputy in August, he told the deputy he did not do anything inappropriate and the girl wanted it, according to charging documents. He was picked up on a warrant and booked into the Lewis County Jail on Tuesday. A judge yesterday afternoon ordered him held in lieu of $25,000 bail.

‘ESCORT’ MET ON BACKPAGE.COM BOOKED FOR ROBBERY

• A 26-year-old woman pleaded not guilty today for her alleged role in the robbery of a rural Chehalis man, who had invited her to his home after making contact on Backpage.com at the end of April. The victim was attacked, tied up and pistol whipped by two males who arrived after the woman did, according to court documents. The Pierce County men were arrested, charged, pleaded guilty and then sentenced to prison terms this summer. Among the valuables missing after his assailants left were his television and some checkbooks. Court documents indicate a deputy used the website the victim had first contacted her on, conducted a Google photo search and was able to locate a phone number associated with Toyleasha J. Greene, according to court documents. A warrant served on Greene’s mobile phone provider showed her phone was in Lewis County the night of the robbery, court documents relate. Greene was charged in Lewis County Superior Court in July with first-degree robbery, first-degree assault, first-degree burglary and also with first-degree kidnapping. She was booked into the Lewis County Jail on Monday. Her bail is set at $100,000. Defense attorney Shane O’Rourke said his client pleaded not guilty this afternoon.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant, protection order violation, hit and run, driving with suspended license, driving under the influence; responses for alarm, dispute, vandalism, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances, collision on city street; complaint of more than 20 cars running a red light during  20-minute period at South Market Boulevard and Second Street in Chehalis  … and more among 128 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 24-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.

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ON THE ROAD, OFF THE ROAD

• Centralia police chased three suspects in a black Honda suspected of shoplifting at the 1300 block of Lum Road up Interstate 5 until the driver of the fleeing vehicle began to drive in such an unsafe manner that it was deemed necessary to discontinue the pursuit on Saturday morning. It tuned out the license plates on the car were stolen, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Chehalis police arrested a 18-year-old Centralia resident for driving under the influence after he ran in to two parked vehicles at the 300 block of South Market Boulevard about 6 a.m. on Saturday. Cristian Ramirez-Dado was booked into the Lewis County Jail, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

• A pair of Rochester residents were arrested for third-degree theft on Saturday after they allegedly shoplifted a $399 drill set from Home Depot in Chehalis, were chased by civilians in a pickup truck and ended up wrecking near Rice and Rogers road just before 1 p.m. on Saturday. Police were told the suspects threw the loot into the river, according to the Chehalis Police Department. Cody D. McAdam, 25, and James M. Hamilton, were cited and then released pending a court date, according to police.

TRESPASSING

• Police were called about 9:50 a.m. yesterday to a business on the 1100 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia where sometime during the night someone entered unlawfully and rummaged around. Nothing was taken, according to the Centralia Police Department.

EXPOSED

• Ryan L. Patterson, 36, of Chehalis was arrested and booked into the Lewis County Jail for indecent exposure after he was allegedly witnessed flashing his genitalia on the 800 block of Harrison Avenue in Centralia at about 12:20 p.m. yesterday, according to the Centralia Police Department.

FUNNY MONEY

• Chehalis police were called to a coffee stand on Northwest Arkansas Way about 6:25 p.m. on Thursday after they had accepted a counterfeit $50 bill from a customer. It was placed into evidence, according to the Chehalis Police Department.

CAR PROWL

• Police were called about 9:30 p.m. yesterday to the 2400 block of Borst Avenue in Centralia for a vehicle prowl in which a male suspect was seen running from the scene. A cell phone was taken, according to the Centralia Police Department.

• Centralia police were called for a vehicle prowl about 7:30 p.m. on Saturday at the 1000 block of Harrison Avenue.

• A car stereo was reported stolen from a vehicle at the 200 block of North Buckner Street in Centralia at about 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.

• Police were called about 12:15 p.m. on Saturday for a vehicle prowl on the 700 block of Allen Avenue in Centralia. A Cannon Rebel T5i camera was missing, according to the Centralia Police Department.

AND MORE

• And, as usual, other incidents such as arrests for warrant,  misdemeanor assault, driving under the influence; responses for  dispute, civil issue, hit and run, harassment, unfounded report, third-degree theft, suspicious circumstances … and more among 237 calls for local law enforcement and / or fire-emergency medical services in the 48-hour period ending about 7 a.m. today.